Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 757 Shaobai 30

Emperor Tai'an himself did many bad things and was very suspicious. However, in the eyes of many people and court officials, he was indeed an emperor with great talent and strategy. Otherwise, why would Western Chu and Northern Que be destroyed?

But now he is very old, and as the crown prince, Xiao Ruofeng has a very high prestige both among the people and in the court. Perhaps the thing that Emperor Tai'an regrets most is that he promoted Xiao Ruofeng to the position of crown prince in order to stop the princes from continuing their desperate fighting.

The position of crown prince means that Xiao Ruofeng has more political capital to win the support of court officials, and it also means that public opinion is more biased towards him.

Emperor Tai'an refused to accept his old age, but there was no elixir of life in this world, and his health had already gone downhill after years of wars and exhaustion.

King Jinyu Xiao Ruojin couldn't bear to see his fellow brothers getting all the benefits, especially when he received the news that even though Emperor Tai'an seemed to have fallen out with Xiao Ruofeng, in fact Xiao Ruofeng's name was still written on the two dragon seal scrolls. He completely lost his mind.

Although Xiao Ruojin was publicly told by Xiao Xie that she was infertile, after the rumor spread everyone was somewhat skeptical as to whether the truth was as Xiao Xie said. However, Xiao Ruojin himself failed to clarify the rumor in the first time. Although the imperial physician in the palace did not reveal the facts, the fact that he did not come forward to clarify was enough to indirectly explain the truth.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the marriage between Hu Cuoyang, the princess originally destined for Xiao Ruojin, was cancelled by her family and Emperor Tai'an. Although Xiao Ruojin later married Yi Wenjun as his principal wife, everyone in Tianqi City knew that Yi Wenjun had lived in the Jinyu Palace before the marriage, and her reputation was not clean. Therefore, Hu Yangcuo married in a low-key manner and moved back to her hometown in Jiangnan.

And Yingzong did not give up the cooperation with Xiao Ruojin right from the beginning. After all, there were many doctors in this world, and the imperial physician was not the best in the world. There were many doctors with superb medical skills within Yingzong alone, so Xiao Ruojin did not give up immediately.

But as time went by, Xiao Ruojin found himself increasingly overwhelmed, and after secretly seeing so many so-called miracle doctors, no doctor claimed that he could cure his "little ailment". He even gave in to Xiao Ruofeng, played the family card, and secretly saw the Medicine King Xin Baicao. Unfortunately, although the Medicine King Xin Baicao was a very skilled doctor and even formulated the Penglai Pill which was said to be able to save lives, he only concluded that Xiao Ruojin's illness was incurable again.

With the medical skills of Medicine King Xin Baicao, he could of course see that Xiao Ruojin's kidneys had been secretly damaged by the drugs. From then on, not only would she have insufficient kidney water and difficulty in fertility, but she would also be prone to diabetes, which would shorten her lifespan.

In the past, it would have been fine if he was just infertile, after all, the land was still usable, and with his own status and the power that Xiao Ruofeng would have in the future, there were plenty of beauties for him to enjoy. He could even ask Xiao Ruofeng to adopt a child for him out of brotherly love. It seemed that except for the chance to become emperor, he could have everything, but he was just resentful that Xiao Ruofeng could get more.

But the situation is different now. Not only is he becoming increasingly incapable of sexual intercourse, he is also suffering from the torturous disease of diabetes, which may even shorten his lifespan. Who can handle this? !

Xiao Ruojin hated Xiao Xie, the culprit, hated Emperor Tai'an, his biological father, for shielding Xiao Xie, and also hated that Xiao Ruofeng had too much while he had too little, so Xiao Ruojin gave Xiao Xie a chronic poison that he got from the Shadow Sect. The poison took effect very slowly, and even for a man in good health like Xiao Xie, it would take at least a year or two for the poison to really take effect.

But once it breaks out, everything is over. The poison will only slowly consume the vitality in the body and cause people to die from exhaustion of internal organs. The most obvious pain is the feeling of suffocation caused by the exhaustion of the lungs.

After seeing Xiao Xie take the poison with his own eyes, Xiao Ruojin was taken away from Xiao Xie's mansion by Luo Qingyang, and turned his gaze to Crown Prince Xiao Ruofeng.

Xiao Ruojin wanted to forge evidence of Xiao Ruofeng's treason and let Emperor Tai'an personally sentence the death of the prince he favored. Then he would go to Emperor Tai'an and reveal the truth to himself. By then, the only one who could ascend to the throne would be him, the prince who was destined to be childless. Coincidentally, Xiao Ruofeng still had a son left behind, and as his uncle, he just needed a son to carry on the family line. Besides, Xiao Lingchen was still young, so he could just use medicine to erase his memory.

The leader of the Shadow Sect, Yi Bu, also agreed with Xiao Ruojin's idea, and was even prepared to burn his boats and die if he failed. However, in the end, Emperor Tai'an and Xiao Ruofeng were more skilled.

Emperor Tai'an is now equally suspicious of every one of his still-able sons, so even if Xiao Ruojin has apparently lost the possibility of competing for the throne, even if he only looks at Yi Bu's actions, he will not relax his supervision over Xiao Ruojin.

Although Xiao Ruofeng remembered Xiao Ruojin's life-saving grace in his childhood and the brotherhood between them as brothers from the same mother, his subordinates had always looked down on Xiao Ruojin for his conspiracy and intrigue, and were naturally on guard against him. Therefore, Xiao Ruojin's preparation for the frame-up only deepened the rift between Xiao Ruofeng and Emperor Tai'an, and even to some extent, eased the divisive atmosphere in the court.

Emperor Tai'an really looked down upon his son Xiao Ruojin, who was full of conspiracies and never followed the right path. Since there was no precedent of killing a son, Xiao Ruojin followed in Xiao Xie's footsteps and was demoted to a commoner and confined in the former Prince Jinyu's Mansion, where the plaque had been removed. However, Xiao Ruojin was even more unfortunate than Xiao Xie, and Emperor Tai'an strictly ordered that future generations were not allowed to confer any additional titles on Xiao Ruojin.

In other words, even if Xiao Ruofeng remembered the brotherhood between him and Xiao Ruojin after he came to the throne, he could not give Xiao Ruojin any additional titles. He could only grant him some properties or gold and silver treasures, otherwise it would shake his throne.

Xiao Ruojin went crazy after receiving the imperial edict. When he heard the news that Yi Bu was secretly executed by Emperor Tai'an, Xiao Ruojin felt that his life was hopeless. He went to Yi Wenjun with the last bottle of poison and decided to take Yi Wenjun to die with him.

Yi Wenjun just happened to have the same idea as Xiao Ruojin. She had been waiting for an opportunity to fake her death and escape. She even got the fake death medicine from Ye Dingzhi. After seeing Yi Wenjun's complete plan, Jiang Xinxin also sponsored two fasting pills, which could ensure that she could not eat or drink for two months without damaging her body.

As for the so-called suspended death medicine, it is only a medicine that can temporarily suppress breathing and heartbeat. With the addition of the fasting pill, even if Yi Wenjun is buried in a grave, he will not suffer any damage as long as he is dug out within two months.

Yi Wenjun knew Xiao Ruojin very well. When she saw Xiao Ruojin coming up to her with a wine jug, she immediately understood what the other party was planning. However, she just didn't want to die with Xiao Ruojin. So even if she wanted to take the opportunity to fake her death, she had to make it appear that the two of them killed each other. In this way, no matter what happened to her "after death", she wouldn't have to wait for the title of Xiao Ruojin's wife.

Xiao Ruojin smiled and invited Yi Wenjun to drink. Yi Wenjun also smiled and brought out a pot of wine for Xiao Ruojin. Xiao Ruojin knew Yi Wenjun's plan at a glance and couldn't help laughing: "Wenjun, Wenjun, do you really think you can get rid of the status of my wife, Xiao Ruojin?"

Yi Wenjun still had that smiling face, which was really a generation difference compared to the now decadent and dirty Xiao Ruojin.

"How can your title as Xiao Ruojin's wife be considered as something popular?"

"The Emperor may look down on me, Yi Wenjun, and may even think that I, Yi Wenjun, am getting a great advantage by letting you, Xiao Ruojin, a commoner, be buried with him!"

"But the prince is different. He knows that you and I have been tired of each other for many years. He is a good person in every way. He will give me the reputation I want after my death because the Yi family is gone and I am dead."

After saying that, Yi Wenjun directly pointed at Xiao Ruojin and forced him to drink all the poisoned wine in his hand. Then he unblocked Xiao Ruojin's acupoints and let Xiao Ruojin pinch her neck and force her to drink the poisoned wine he brought.

In fact, Yi Wenjun had already eaten two fasting pills and taken a fake death drug. Even the poisonous wine that Xiao Ruojin poured into her throat only accumulated in her throat and was not swallowed by her.

As for the symptoms of the poison, the poisons in Xiao Ruojin's hands were all obtained from the Shadow Sect. As the daughter of the former leader of the Shadow Sect who was living on the loose, she couldn't be completely useless. She was still very good at acting.